NEC EXPRESS5800 User Manual
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3.16 Expansion
IMPORTANT:
Before logical drives are provided with expansion, be
sure to back up the data in the disks. If an unexpected
error occurs during expansion, data in the disks may
be destroyed.
sure to back up the data in the disks. If an unexpected
error occurs during expansion, data in the disks may
be destroyed.
In this feature, only RAID5 configured with three
physical drives can be expanded to that configured
with four drives.
physical drives can be expanded to that configured
with four drives.
For expansion, all physical drives should have the
same capacity.
same capacity.
This feature can expand the capacity of the logical
drive. As seen from OS (Disk Management), the
capacity of the HDD looks become larger than before.
You can use this portion by newly creating a partition
in it. (The capacity of the existence logical drive is not
expanded.)
drive. As seen from OS (Disk Management), the
capacity of the HDD looks become larger than before.
You can use this portion by newly creating a partition
in it. (The capacity of the existence logical drive is not
expanded.)
1. Click a disk array for which you want to provide expansion in the Tree View.